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1. Comment - HP Threatens to Drop Blu-ray Backing

   (Nov 28, 2005 - 9:59 AM)

   Will you please do at least a little research? First it's that they don't use blue lasers, now it's that they can't be produced economically... wrong again! See this article: http://news.com.com/Cost...ag=ntop&tag=nl.e703. The issue is that HD-DVD is *physically* similar to existing DVDs which allow lower manufacturing costs.
   
   I wouldn't say that the storage capacity is a big issue. Because of more efficient codecs media distributors can get hi-def video at the same or slightly increased rates over current MPEG-2.
   
   I disagree with your arguments concerning audio. First, the current lossy compression (DD 5.1) seems not to have affected people's ablity to be drawn into movies at all. You can have very good immersion with decently priced components today and that won't change just because of a new format. Second, your illustration of cheap speakers has nothing to do with the relative merits of lossy vs. lossless compression. In the third place, if most people really could tell the difference and/or cared about audio quality how do you explain the success of the iPod? Finally, I think it would be good to look at the relative lack of success of both hi-def audio formats to understand that the marginal increase in performance - especially on mainstream electronics - is not needed or appreciated by the marketplace.

2. Comment - HP Threatens to Drop Blu-ray Backing

   (Nov 18, 2005 - 4:15 PM)

   Um... klingon, you're the moron. Read th HD-DVD Technical Introduction at http://www.dvdforum.org/...HD_DVD_Universal_24.pdf. You will see they use a blue-violet laser wavelength. Stop being a tool for Sony.